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Kurodaconus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Conidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Subfamily
  
Puncticuliinae

Kurodaconus

Similar
  
Turriconus, Calibanus, Dendroconus, Virroconus, Rolaniconus

Kurodaconus is a synonym of the subgenus Conus (Turriconus) ,n represented as Conus . These are of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

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Distinguishing characteristics

The Tucker & Tenorio 2009 taxonomy distinguishes Kurodaconus from Conus in the following ways:

  • Genus Conus sensu stricto Linnaeus, 1758
  • The former genus Kurodaconus Shikama & Habe, 1968

    • Species list

    This list of species is based on the information in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) list. Species within the genus Kurodaconus include:

  • Kurodaconus andremenezi (Olivera & Biggs, 2010): synonym of Conus andremenezi Olivera & Biggs, 2010
  • Kurodaconus beatrix (Tenorio, Poppe & Tagaro, 2007): synonym of Conus beatrix Tenorio, Poppe & Tagaro, 2007
  • Kurodaconus luciae (Moolenbeek, 1986): synonym of Conus luciae Moolenbeek, 1986
  • Kurodaconus miniexcelsus (Olivera & Biggs, 2010): synonym of Conus miniexcelsus Olivera & Biggs, 2010
  • Kurodaconus praecellens (A. Adams, 1855): synonym of Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1855
  • Kurodaconus rizali (Olivera & Biggs, 2010): synonym of Conus rizali Olivera & Biggs, 2010
  • Kurodaconus stupa (Kuroda, 1956): synonym of Conus stupa (Kuroda, 1956)
  • Kurodaconus stupella (Kuroda, 1956): synonym of Conus stupella (Kuroda, 1956)

    • References

    Kurodaconus Wikipedia
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